Siddington, Cheshire

Siddington
All Saints Church, Siddington
Siddington Siddington shown within Cheshire
OS grid reference	SJ841710
Civil parish	Siddington
Unitary authority	Cheshire East
Ceremonial county	Cheshire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MACCLESFIELD
Postcode district	SK11
Dialling code	01260
Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Macclesfield
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Coordinates: 53°14′06″N 2°14′13″W / 53.235°N 2.237°W / 53.235; -2.237

Siddington is a civil parish in Cheshire, England. It consists of farms; a picnic site; Redesmere, a half-mile long lake; and the Capesthorne Estate. The village is at the crossroads of the A34 with the B5392 approximately halfway between Alderley Edge and Congleton.

Redesmere Lake

Redesmere

Redesmere, created as a feeder reservoir for the ornamental lakes of Capesthorne Hall in the late 18th century, once had an island. According to popular belief the island floated, and it is marked as such on the 1842 One Inch Ordnance Survey map, though the 1964 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map shows that it had become joined with the bank by then.^[1] Local legend says that it came into being as a result of a vow by a knight who believed his lady was unfaithful, and that he would not look on her face again until the island floated. Soon after he fell ill, but she remained loyal to him and nursed him back to health. There then followed a storm which tore the island from the bottom of the lake, and it floated ever since, clearing the lady's name.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
The writer Alan Garner included a reference to the Floating Island of Redesmere in his novel The Weirdstone of Brisingamen.

Angling is also popular on the lake but it is strictly controlled by Prince Albert Angling Society. It is stocked with Carp, Pike and various silverfish such as Roach and Bream.

Redesmere is a popular location for feed ducks and other water birds. With iformation, parking and benches next to the waters edge.

Redesmere duck viewing area

Notes

1 2 The Floating Island of Redesmere
↑ Hope, Robert Charles (1893). The Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells of England. London: Elliot Stock. p. 6.
↑ Hole, Christina (1937). Traditions and Customs of Cheshire. London: Williams and Norgate Ltd. p. 60.
↑ Woods, Frederick (1983). Further Legends and Traditions of Cheshire. Cheshire: Shiva Publishing Ltd. p. 8. ISBN 0 906812 56 9.

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Cheshire East

Principal settlements	Alsager Bollington Congleton Crewe Knutsford Macclesfield Middlewich Nantwich Sandbach Wilmslow

Civil parishes	Acton Adlington Agden Alderley Edge Alpraham Alsager Arclid Ashley Aston by Budworth Aston juxta Mondrum Audlem Austerson Baddiley Baddington Barthomley Basford Batherton Betchton Bexton Bickerton Blakenhall Bollington Bosley Bradwall Brereton Bridgemere Brindley Broomhall Buerton Bulkeley Bunbury Burland Calveley Checkley cum Wrinehill Chelford Cholmondeley Cholmondeston Chorley (near Nantwich) Chorley (near Alderley Edge) Chorlton Church Lawton Church Minshull Congleton Coole Pilate Cranage Crewe Green Disley Dodcott cum Wilkesley Doddington Eaton Edleston Egerton Faddiley Gawsworth Goostrey Great Warford Hankelow Haslington Hassall Hatherton Haughton Henbury Henhull High Legh Higher Hurdsfield Holmes Chapel Hough Hulme Walfield Hunsterson Hurleston Kettleshulme Knutsford Lea Leighton Little Bollington Little Warford Lower Withington Lyme Handley Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough Marbury cum Quoisley Marthall Marton Mere Middlewich Millington Minshull Vernon Mobberley Moreton cum Alcumlow Moston Mottram St Andrew Nantwich Nether Alderley Newbold Astbury Newhall Norbury North Rode Odd Rode Ollerton Over Alderley Peckforton Peover Inferior Peover Superior Pickmere Plumley Poole Pott Shrigley Poynton with Worth Prestbury Rainow Ridley Rope Rostherne Sandbach Shavington cum Gresty Siddington Smallwood Snelson Somerford Booths Somerford Sound Spurstow Stapeley Stoke Sutton Swettenham Tabley Inferior Tabley Superior Tatton Toft Twemlow Walgherton Wardle Warmingham Weston Wettenhall Willaston Wincle Wirswall Wistaston Woolstanwood Worleston Wrenbury cum Frith Wybunbury

Unparished areas	Crewe Macclesfield Wilmslow

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Major settlements	Alsager Birchwood Bollington Chester Congleton Crewe Culcheth Ellesmere Port Frodsham Handforth Knutsford Lymm Macclesfield Middlewich Nantwich Neston Northwich Poynton Runcorn Sandbach Warrington Widnes Wilmslow Winsford See also: List of civil parishes in Cheshire

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Siddington, Cheshire

Redesmere Lake

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